इन्द्र
See also: इन्दुर and इन्दिरा
Hindi
Proper noun
इन्द्र • (indra) m (Urdu spelling اندر)
- Alternative spelling of इंद्र (indra): Indra (Hindu god of thunder)
Declension
Declension of इन्द्र (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular | |
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direct | इन्द्र indra |
oblique | इन्द्र indra |
vocative | इन्द्र indra |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬇᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- ইন্দ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ইন্দ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ઇન્દ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਇਨੑਦੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
- ឥន្ទ្រ (Khmer script)
- ಇನ್ದ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ອິນ຺ທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- ഇന്ദ്ര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘂𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢈᠨᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡳᠨᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဣန္ဒြ (Burmese script)
- 𑦢𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର (Oriya script)
- ꢄꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ඉන්ද්ර (Sinhalese script)
- ఇన్ద్ర (Telugu script)
- อินฺทฺร (Thai script)
- ཨི་ནྡྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *índras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *índras. One possibility is conception as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyd- (“to swell”) with nasal infix, thus *(H)i-n-d-ro- (“strong”) individualized into "the strong one" and underwent a secondary accent shift. Or possibly from the BMAC substrate. May also be from Circassian ‘huge-be-ger’, cf. Abkhaz a-ynar, the Nart god of the forge. Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬭𐬀 (iṇdra, “name of a daeva”).[1], Kamkata-viri ī˜drʻ (“name of a god”), and Prasuni indr.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ín.dɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin̪.d̪ɾɐ/
Proper noun
इन्द्र • (índra) m
- Indra
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of इन्द्र (índra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | इन्द्रः índraḥ | इन्द्रौ índrau | इन्द्राः / इन्द्रासः¹ índrāḥ / índrāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | इन्द्र índra | इन्द्रौ índrau | इन्द्राः / इन्द्रासः¹ índrāḥ / índrāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | इन्द्रम् índram | इन्द्रौ índrau | इन्द्रान् índrān |
Instrumental | इन्द्रेण índreṇa | इन्द्राभ्याम् índrābhyām | इन्द्रैः / इन्द्रेभिः¹ índraiḥ / índrebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | इन्द्राय índrāya | इन्द्राभ्याम् índrābhyām | इन्द्रेभ्यः índrebhyaḥ |
Ablative | इन्द्रात् índrāt | इन्द्राभ्याम् índrābhyām | इन्द्रेभ्यः índrebhyaḥ |
Genitive | इन्द्रस्य índrasya | इन्द्रयोः índrayoḥ | इन्द्राणाम् índrāṇām |
Locative | इन्द्रे índre | इन्द्रयोः índrayoḥ | इन्द्रेषु índreṣu |
Notes |
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Noun
इन्द्र • (índra) m
- the supreme being
- a prince
- best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects)
- the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra’s wife)
- a male given name
- the plant Wrightia antidysenterica
- a vegetable poison
- the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic
- the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth nakshatra, γ Pegasi
- the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body
- night
- one of the nine divisions of Jambudvīpa or the known continent
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: in
- Prakrit: 𑀇𑀁𑀤 (iṃda)
- Pali: 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤 (inda)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-93
- Monier Williams (1899), “इन्द्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 166.